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In Spargine 8, I introduced the UlidGenerator type to make working with ULIDs easier in .NET applications. For the .NET 10 release, I took this idea further — converting ULIDs into a first-class value type (struct) in the DotNetTips.Spargine.Core assembly, similar in spirit to the built-in Guid type. Why? Because …
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Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss interviews with a focus on side projects and soft skills. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/01/31/side-projects-and-soft-skills-in-interviews-dev-leader-weekly-125
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Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#! Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/01/31/weekly-recap-20260131
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When people think about tooling for Android development, the conversation often gravitates towards platform-specific concerns: UI performance, layout validation, device compatibility, or resource management. Yet for many Android teams, the most persistent challenges don’t sit at the platform level – they’re in the …
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Learn how to containerize .NET applications without writing a single line of Dockerfile. The .NET SDK has built-in support for publishing directly to container images. Link to article: https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/containerize-your-dotnet-applications-without-a-dockerfile
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Evaluating the performance of large language models (LLMs) goes beyond statistical metrics like perplexity or bilingual evaluation understudy (BLEU) scores. For most real-world generative AI scenarios, it’s crucial to understand whether a model is producing better outputs than a baseline or an earlier iteration. This …
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Microsoft Agent Framework now integrates with the Claude Agent SDK, enabling you to build AI agents powered by Claude's full agentic capabilities. This integration brings together the Agent Framework's consistent agent abstraction with Claude's powerful features, including fil Link to article: …
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This post explores how you can use Amazon S3-based templates to simplify ModelOps workflows, walk through the key benefits compared to using Service Catalog approaches, and demonstrates how to create a custom ModelOps solution that integrates with GitHub and GitHub Actions—giving your team one-click provisioning of a …
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In this post, we walk through how global cross-Region inference routes requests and where your data resides, then show you how to configure the required AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions and invoke Claude 4.5 models using the global inference profile Amazon Resource Name (ARN). We also cover how to …
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Your quarterly dose of plugin dev news, tools, and tips from JetBrains. 🧩 Marketplace Updates Integration Tests Now Part of Automated Moderation Integration test results are now displayed directly on the plugin page, alongside Plugin Verifier results on the Versions tab. These tests help ensure that a plugin version …
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When I described how SafeArrayAddRef keeps its reference count in a side table, commenter Koro Unhallowed wondered Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260130-00/?p=112025
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Welcome to the round up of the azd releases in January 2026! This blog post (covers release versions 1.23.0, 1.23.1, Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azure-developer-cli-azd-january-2026
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Thank you for your interest in the new Azure SDKs! We release new features, improvements, and bug fixes every month. Subscribe to our Azure SDK Blog RSS Feed to get notified when a new release is available. You can find links to packages, code, and docs on our Link to article: …
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We’ve just released another update for ReSharper, Rider and the .NET tools version 2025.3. You can update to this version from inside those tools, using the Toolbox app or our website. Let’s take a look at the latest updates. Rider 2025.3.2 Agent Client Protocol (ACP) agent registry support You can now browse and …
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In Episode 111 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, host Mark Brown is joined by Yohan Lasorsa to explore how developers can build agent-powered applications using a fully serverless architecture. This episode focuses on a practical, end-to-end exa Link to article: …
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The original problem our customer had was that the data in a SAFEARRAY disappeared even though they had called SafeArrayAddRef. We learned why this is the case, Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260129-00/?p=112023
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We're excited to announce the release of Dev Proxy v2.1.0! This release brings two major productivity features that developers have been asking for: automatic configuration hot reload and stdio traffic proxying - perfect for testing MCP servers and other stdio-based tools. In this version: Link to article: …
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As we approach the midpoint of the decade, game developers face an evolving landscape shaped by shifting job security, technology choices, platform strategies, and practical AI adoption. Our State of Game Development 2025 report reveals critical insights that provide a clearer picture of where the industry is heading. …
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How OpenAI built an in-house AI data agent that uses GPT-5, Codex, and memory to reason over massive datasets and deliver reliable insights in minutes. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/inside-our-in-house-data-agent
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On February 13, 2026, alongside the previously announced retirement of GPT‑5 (Instant, Thinking, and Pro), we will retire GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini from ChatGPT. In the API, there are no changes at this time. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models
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